• @daggermoon
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    81 day ago

    Y’all gonna buy this thing?

    • LordWarfire
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      91 day ago

      If it’s backwards compatible with digital software then yes, day one. I held off on the Switch for over a year, just long enough to get one without vulnerabilities but not long enough to get the higher efficiencies.

    • @mlg
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      101 day ago

      Only if it’s jailbreakable

      Just to spite Nintendo for shutting down Yuzu and Ryujinx

          • @[email protected]
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            141 day ago

            Sure but that’s far less convenient than early switches where you could use a bit of aluminum foil in the controller socket lol

            • @mlg
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              223 hours ago

              Lol I used a pencil a few times

            • chingadera
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              41 day ago

              Lol wat

              Can you please link me to where I can find this in action

              • @[email protected]
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                71 day ago

                https://noirscape.github.io/RCM-Guide/

                You need to bridge a few pins in the controller connector. There’s several ways to do that as shown in that link. Then you can upload jailbreak software from a PC.

                I personally used aluminum foil successfully, then bought an actual jig later.

                • chingadera
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                  11 day ago

                  Huh, I did just skim through that but I didn’t see why you would want to bridge the connection, what exactly does bridging accomplish? Is it some sort of maintenance mode or something?

                  • @[email protected]
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                    31 day ago

                    Basically.

                    So the Switch uses an Nvidia Tegra X1 chip to power it, which isn’t the only device nor the first that it was used for. The Nvidia Shield TV and Google Pixel C (tablet) used it too. On those devices holding down a certain button at boot would put it in a special mode that let it boot from code sent over USB.

                    The Switch simply did not have this button, but by shorting those pins you send the same signal.

                    This is a very low level hardware feature so Nintendo couldn’t ever patch it with an update. They had to make new hardware to fix it.

    • @HeyJoe
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      51 day ago

      Probably. I have 2 kids, and I still love Nintendo games. It does depend on a few things so I will wait to see what its capable of. I also don’t see myself buying it at release, I’m to old for that FOMO.

      • @50MYT
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        61 day ago

        Same here.

        Santa will be buying it for Xmas this year no doubt.

        Kids will be reminded the hard way that Mario kart skills cross titles.

    • @ampersandrew
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      21 day ago

      Nope, but there are surely deals that are locked up in this thing’s launch, and I’ve got an unannounced 3D Mario game on my Fantasy Critic roster.

    • VindictiveJudge
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      11 day ago

      Maybe in three or four years when the mid-gen refresh comes out.

    • @[email protected]
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      11 day ago

      Depends if I have to be in a rat race with scalpers and their bots again. I do not wish to relive the PS5 fiasco.

      “Oh deer…”

      • @[email protected]
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        1 day ago

        This better just be you saying you would rather buy a PS5 and not also a prophecy of what’s to come. Heh.

        • @Gradually_Adjusting
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          41 day ago

          Do you think me a poltroon? A veritable cabbage of a man? Am I the corn chip that a bird sold to Satan himself? Please reconsider.